Journey performed the primary live performance of their fiftieth anniversary tour on Jan. 27 in Durant, Okla. regardless of the ongoing litigation between principal members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain.
The discourse stems from an American Express card meant for the band’s enterprises, with Schon and Cain every claiming the opposite has misused the cardboard for their very own private bills. Since the preliminary lawsuit was filed this previous November by Schon, many have questioned how the band would go on the street earlier than the preliminary listening to for the guitarist’s go well with on March 3.
The group answered these queries on Friday night at the Choctaw Casino & Resort by enjoying a two hour set which largely targeted on their best hits. In spite of the continued inside strife, there have been no indicators of any discord on stage. In truth, the group was impressively in good type after being on a touring break since early October. Singer Arnel Pineda, who has wrestled within the latest previous with vocal points, was notably on level by the evening. You can see a set checklist from the live performance under.
The Grand Theater at the on line casino, with a capability of simply 3,000 offered an intimate setting for the tour launch. With their mega-hit, “Don’t Stop Believin'” making an look solely three songs into the set, Schon paused at its conclusion to acknowledge the group’s vital milestone. “Welcome to our 50th anniversary,” he informed the sold-out crowd. “We’re the fortunate ones to still be alive here.”
Nearly an hour later, Cain shared his personal greetings. “We are so happy to be back,” he mentioned. “It’s good to be back, all together again.”
But within the months main as much as the fiftieth anniversary run, the headlines have been removed from celebratory, as an alternative dominated by mounting developments within the ongoing schism between Schon and Cain. The pair have been at odds prior to now, largely centered round political variations. In a 2022 interview, Schon admitted that he saved his discussions with Cain purely musical, in an effort to take care of their artistic bond.
Despite that objective, the guitarist’s concord with Cain got here to an finish that very same yr. Schon filed a November lawsuit alleging that his entry to monetary paperwork associated to Journey’s bank card had been “improperly restricted.” He indicated that the problem had been constructing for “over a year.”
In response, Cain accused Schon of working up “enormous personal charges” on the group’s bank card. Tension continued to construct, with Schon labeling his bandmate as a “hypocrite.” Cain individually charged that the guitarist has prompted extreme “damage” to the Journey model.
Additional drama developed as Schon unsuccessfully sought to convey former member Gregg Rolie again into the fold for the present anniversary run, later intimating that he’d encountered resistance with reference to that concept. Two weeks in the past (Jan. 13), Cain filed his personal lawsuit towards Schon, alleging that the musician ran up greater than one million {dollars} in private bills on the Journey bank card.
Journey will play a second present Jan. 28 in Durant. The fiftieth anniversary tour will then resume at the tip of subsequent week, in Allentown, Pa. on Feb. 4. The dates, which presently run by the tip of April, as soon as once more characteristic Toto sharing the invoice. The pair beforehand toured collectively in 2022 as a part of a trek that was initially additionally supposed to incorporate Billy Idol.
Journey, 1/27/23, Grand Theater at Choctaw Casino & Resort, Durant, Okla.
1. “Only the Young”
2. “Stone in Love”
3. “Don’t Stop Believin'”
4. “Lights”
5. “Send Her My Love”
6. “Feeling That Way”
7. “Anytime”
8. “Escape”
9. “Dead or Alive”
10. “Who’s Crying Now”
11. “Mother, Father'”
12. “Let It Rain”
13. “Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin'”
14. “Open Arms”
15. “Faithfully”
16. “Girl Can’t Help It”
17. “Wheel in the Sky”
18. “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”
19. “Be Good to Yourself”
20. “Any Way You Want It”
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